NORTHWEST POWER POOL Reliability through Cooperation 2013

NORTHWEST POWER POOL Cooperation

3 Mission The Northwest Power Pool Corporate mission is to support electric reliability through cooperation

4 Vision Helping the Northwest Power Pool members work together to maintain a reliable and secure interconnection – today and in the future

5 Values Member Driven Relationship Based Independent Respect Integrity Trust Competence

6 Work Environment We support each other and create “safe” environment Team concept Merit-based compensation is satisfactory, i.e., comparable to industry Openness Trust Respect Integrity Quality of work – pride in doing a good job Job Security – to do the right thing at the right time

7 History First pooling of resources occurred in1917 in the Northwest NWPP formed in 1941 by 6 investor-owned utilities  3 staff engineers An impetus from the War Production Board in 1942  Ten major private utility systems and Bonneville Power Administration  Pooled resources to provide power to the war industries Maintained after WWII for reliability and coordination

8 Chronology 1941 – Operating Committee (OR, WA, MT, UT, ID) 1942 – BPA joined (superpool) 1949 – British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority joined 1961 – Columbia River Treaty with Canada 1964 – Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement (PNCA) signed – Coordinating Group 1970 – Contingency Reserve Sharing 1990 – Transmission Planning Committee 1995 – Formalized Membership Agreement 1997 – New PNCA 1999 – NWPP Incorporated as a non-profit corporation 2002 – Automation of the Contingency Reserve Sharing –AGC driven, 20 Balancing Authorities 2005 – NERC Certified Trainer 2008 – Agreement Appointing Agent and Establishing Responsibilities Related to Reserve Sharing Group Compliance with BAL – General Services Agreement

9 Northwest Power Pool Corporation Non profit corporation Nine full-time positions Primary focus on the NWPP members and their requirements

10 Compliance Report and Record KeepingCompliance Report and Record Keeping Compliance Self-CertificationsCompliance Self-Certifications Respond to Enforcement AuthorityRespond to Enforcement Authority  Notice  Audit  Investigation Maintain and update Policies and ProceduresMaintain and update Policies and Procedures NWPP Corporation as Agent

11 Determine Group Compliance MatterDetermine Group Compliance Matter  Operational Noncompliance Event  Identify and proportion responsibility  Administrative Noncompliance Event  Acts or omission of one or more o Identify and proportion responsibility  Group Issue o Apply formula  Report to Enforcement Authority  Identify and proportion responsibility NWPP Corporation as Agent

12 NWPP Corporation Training NWPP is a NERC qualified provider of continuing education hoursNWPP is a NERC qualified provider of continuing education hours CoursesCourses  Reserve Sharing (4 CEH)  Energy Emergency Plan (1CEH)  Underfrequency Load Shedding (2 CEH)  Time Error Control (1 CEH)  Frequency Response (1 CEH)  Voltage Issues (2 CEH)  Reserve Sharing simulation (1CEH)

NORTHWEST POWER POOL Membership

14 NERC/WECC BAs by Sub-regions Northwest Power Pool (NWPP RSG) Alberta Electric System Operator Avista Corporation Bonneville Power Administration British Columbia Hydro Association Chelan County PUD Douglas County PUD Grant County PUD Idaho Power Company NaturEner Power Watch – Wind Energy Northwestern Energy PacifiCorp-East PacifiCorp-West Portland General Electric Company Puget Sound Energy Sacramento Municipal Utility Board Seattle City Light Sierra Pacific Power Company Tacoma Power Turlock Irrigation District Western Area Power Administration – UGP CAMX AZNM RMPP NWPP Rocky Mountain Power Pool (RMRG) Public Service Company of Colorado Western Area Power Administration – CM Arizona-New Mexico (SRSG) Arizona Public Service Company CECD – Arlington Valley CECD – Griffith CECD – Harquahala CECD – Panda Gila River El Paso Electric Company Imperial Irrigation District Nevada Power Company Public Service Company of New Mexico Salt River Project Tucson Electric Power Company Western Area Power Administration – LCR California-Mexico California Independent System Operator Comision Federal de Electicidad Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power

15 Demographics in NWPP Electrical/Geographic Area  8 U.S. States  2 Canadian Provinces  Federal, Public, Private, Provincial Ownership  International Border (Treaties associated with water)  Non-Jurisdictional as well as Jurisdictional  Preference Act – Public Law  160 Consumer-owned electric utilities  20 Control Areas (37 in the Western Interconnection (WI)).  ~ 90,000 Megawatts Total Resources (44% WI)  ~ 50% Peak load of the WI  ~ 50% Energy load of the WI  Automated Reserve Sharing Procedures  Hydro Coordination  Hydro Thermal Integration  Hydro located on the West (BC, ID, OR, WA)  Thermal located on the East (AB, MT, NV, UT, WY)

16 Participant’s Vision The Northwest Power Pool Membership Agreement serves as a forum for reliability and operational adequacy issues in the area for both transmission and generation.

17 Four Main Membership Committees Operating CommitteeOperating Committee  Foster coordination and communication. Coordinating GroupCoordinating Group  Administer the Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement, optimizing Columbia Basin hydro generation. Transmission Planning CommitteeTransmission Planning Committee  Provide a forum for reliable transmission planning. Reserve Sharing CommitteeReserve Sharing Committee  Administer and address Contingency Reserve.

18 Operating Committee Adequacy Assessments - to assess the NWPP ability to meet and sustain load demands at all times including extreme load conditions as a result of weather or loss of generation Under-frequency Load Shedding - to arrest frequency decline in the event of a contingency such as severe generation/load imbalance.

19 Outage Coordination - to coordinate the schedule of transmission outages enhancing system reliability and reducing the number of hours under constrained conditions Emergency Response Team - the ability to respond to current reliability issues such as extreme temperature conditions creating extreme load Operating Committee

20 Next Day Operating Studies  Curtailment studies are performed by the individual path operators based on the outage schedule developed through the COS process.  COS process – studies are performed at least 15 days prior to the outage  Includes all facilities 100 KV or greater  Includes all generators 50 MVA or greater Operating Committee

21 NERC  Active participation  Coordinated information, discussions, interpretations and responses WECC  Coordinated discussions concerning new criterion, interpretations and responses Other OC Services

22 PNCA Coordination Critical Period Planning: That period in the historical water record that meets the least amount of firm load Previously the Critical Period was 4 years, but now 7 months Output of planning process are operating curves for reservoirs and FELCCs the systems

23 Coordinated Reservoir Operations Actual Energy Regulation  FELCCs and curves from the planning process  Actual and estimated streamflows Proportional draft Energy in lieu of water Provisional energy

24 Transmission Planning Committee Serve as a Forum for open discussion Sub-Regional Studies to identify  Transmission options within a Sub-Region  Multi Subregional Studies (requested by governmental agencies)  Connections to Regional Transmission  Parities with similar interests and goals – local stakeholder involvement  Local costs and reliability benefits Assist in Regional Transmission Dispute Resolution Process Collection and coordination of TPC members’ data including submittals to WECC Subregional collection and coordination for the NWPP area for WECC submittals Develop guidelines for assessing the reliability and efficient development of the transmission system in the NWPP area

25 Reserve Sharing Committee Contingency Reserve Sharing to provide 60-minute recovery assistance on a “flow base”  Concept – one very large area operating as a single BA for contingency reserve

26 Northwest Operational Planning Study Group (NOPSG)  Closed process (OC and TPC members)  Seasonal path operating studies UFLS studies Seasonal Assessments  Summer and Winter  Long-Term Resource Assessments Transmission Planning Committee and Operating Committee

27 Long-term Significant Outage Planning (LTSOP)  Share outage information with all parties affected by outages of significant equipment (i.e., equipment that affects the transfer capability of rated paths). Information is shared two times each year for a minimum of a six- month period. The first meeting each year coordinates outages for July through December. The second meeting coordinates outages for January through June.  Review the outage schedules to insure that needed outages can be reliably accomplished with minimal impact on critical transmission use.  Outage coordinators are to post the outages on the Coordinated Outages System within the applicable timeframes. Transmission Planning Committee and Operating Committee

28 Local Load Voltage Protection  Facilitate the process to comply with the WECC criteria and guidelines as applicable.  Participate in studies determining minimum requirements for compliance with the criteria and guidelines when more than one Transmission Operator is involved.  Develop and publish final reports  Complete the necessary documentation and provide copies all involved entities. Transmission Planning Committee and Operating Committee

29 Under Frequency Load Shedding Process  Facilitate the process to comply with the NERC Reliability Standard and WECC criteria and guidelines as applicable.  Participate in studies determining minimum requirements for compliance with the criteria and guidelines for the NWPP Area  Develop and publish final reports  Complete the necessary documentation and provide copies all involved entities. Transmission Planning Committee and Operating Committee

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